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Gossip Girl,《绯闻女孩》

A:I totally need a bath.
甲:我真的需要洗个澡。
B:Yeah, deal with it Please.
乙:是啊，快洗吧。拜托。
A:Blair's a bossy genius.
甲:布莱尔真是天性蛮横。
B:Oh, yes, she is.
乙:是啊，她的确是。
A:So what about you?
甲:那你呢？
B:What about me? I don't smell like an ashtray.
乙:我怎么了？我闻起来又不像烟灰缸。
A:But you look like an ass tray.
甲:但你看起来像个蠢盘子(烟灰缸变音)。

B:Hey, Serena. Stop, stop, stop, stop, Serena, Serena, stop. Whafs wrong with you? God。
乙:嘿，赛瑞娜，停下，停下，停下，停下，赛瑞娜，赛瑞娜，停下，你搞什么鬼？天哪。
A:Oh. Ow. God. Go away!
甲:哦，哦，上帝，走开！
B:Oh, what, what, what, what, what? You started it, dude.
乙:哦，什么，什么，什么，什么，什么？你先挑起来的，老兄。
A:What are you guys doing? My, hair! My a ah!
甲:你们在干吗？我的头发！我的天哪！
B:I got you both! I'm king of the world. I，m king of the world! Hey, it's me.
乙:我抓到你们俩了！我是世界之王。我是世界之王！嘿，是我。
A:I didn't mean for it to happen.
甲:我不是故意那么做的。
B:I didn't see your dad downstairs.
乙:我在楼下没看到你爸。
A:My mother just decides everything, you know? Everything in the world is just totally up to her.
甲:一切都是我妈说了算，知道吗？世上的一切都由她掌控。
B:I know. Hey, why don't we get out of here?
乙:我知道。嘿，我们干吗不离开这儿？
A:I'm not going back to that party.
甲:我不想回那个宴会。
B:No, I mean, outta here, outta here. Out of this apartment, to a place a little more sane.
乙:不，我是说，离开这里，离开这里。离开这间公寓，去个正常一点的地方。

生活口语

Maybe you could borrow some money from your family.
也许你可以向家里借些钱。
Yeah, I have to talk to my mum. My mother wears the pants in the family.
是啊，我得跟我妈谈谈。我妈是一家之主。

重点讲解:

My mother is the master of the house.
My mother wears the pants in the family.

表达某人是一家之主时，用master of the house显得有些正式，口语中表示 “一家之主”时常用裡wear the pants,即“公司或者是家庭中做决定的掌权之人”。wear the pants过去常常用来形容在家庭婚姻中当家做主的女性，现在也可用在做决定的男人身上。